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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-93-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-93-2016
Research article
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15 Jan 2016
Research article |  | 15 Jan 2016

Hydroclimatological influences on recently increased droughts in China's largest freshwater lake

Y. Liu and G. Wu

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Lake droughts result in significant hydrological, ecological and economic consequences. This study proposes approaches for quantifying the lake drought features and estimating the contributions from individual factors, taking China’s largest freshwater lake as a case examination. Our results showed that the recently increased lake droughts were due to hydroclimatic effects, with less important contributions from the water impoundments of the world’s largest dam affecting the lake outflows.